Soong Qingling was born in Shanghai on 27th January 1893, in a rich Christian family which played an important role in Chinese politics in the first half of the 20th century, her Christian name was Rosamond. Qingling and her sister Ailing graduated from the Wesleyan College for Women in Macon, Georgia; her sister Meiling graduated from Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She and her sisters were the first Chinese girls gonging to the United States for education.

When she married Sun Yat-sen in 1915 she not only became his wife but also his strong political collegue. At that time, woman could hardly accompany her husband to attend social activities. In a biography of Soong Ching-Ling, Jung Chang writes that Ching-Ling was the first Chinese woman to appear in public with her husband, she was the first consort of a political leader anywhere in the world acting as "First Lady."

Soong Qingling was the pioneer of Chinese Women’s liberation. At the age of eighteen, Chingling began to speak out against the conditions of women in Chinese society as well as expressed her ideas of Liberty and Equality for women. She viewed that Chinese Women’s liberation was an important and inseparable part of Chinese revolution. One of her major achievement was establishing the Women’s Political Training School in 1927. Here she gave much speech on the liberation of Chinese women. She also helped to modify the policies about women.

After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, she became the vice president of the country; she was the first female vice president of China.

She passed away on May 16, 1981. Two weeks before her death, she was admitted to the Communist Party and was named Honorary President of the People's Republic of China. She was the only person ever be admitted this title.